Tremaine Edmunds And The Bears Took First Step Towards A Divorce — Here’s What It Means

It was always common knowledge that the Chicago Bears would be making some difficult decisions regarding the salary cap. They’re $10 million in the red and will need to do some serious work to regain some flexibility. One of their options is to unload some of their larger contracts. Almost from the start, everybody pointed to linebacker Tremaine Edmunds. The Bears gain $15 million by moving him out. The only question was if they’d pull the trigger, already having questions at linebacker.